Environmental
Southern Yellow Pine’s Environmental Promise: Building a Sustainable Future.
Southern Yellow Pine stands as a champion in the construction industry, seamlessly blending strength and sustainability. Harvested from responsibly managed forests in the southern United States, this versatile wood not only boasts remarkable durability but also contributes to environmental conservation.
Southern Yellow Pine: Lumber of the Future
The Natural Answer As people rely on the fun and frills of high-tech living, they also turn to natural answers for modern problems, such as how to live a green lifestyle and how to make a good choice for building materials among the myriad…
6 Reasons Southern Yellow Pine is Awesome
By Dannea Moneva, WIR Contributor Southern Yellow Pine is an ideal building material: beautiful, strong, versatile, and affordable. And we could go on, so we will. Here are 6 reasons Southern Yellow Pine is awesome. Strength and Density …
Made in America: A History of Southern Yellow Pine
When colonists settled Florida, Virginia and the Carolinas in the 1500s and 1600s Southern Yellow Pine (SYP) played a significant role in their survival. As the first settlers stepped ashore, forests of the four main varieties of SYP – Loblolly,…
Is Cutting Down Trees Good for the Environment?
By Esme Purdie, WIR Contributor One of the things we love most about Southern Yellow Pine is that it has a negative carbon footprint and is completely sustainable. So if you want to plan an environmentally friendly building project, then look no…
To the Moon and Back: The Moon Trees Story
By Fergus Mason, WIR Contributor Southern Yellow Pine, in many cases, can be considered a ‘locally grown’ resource. However, here’s a story about how some SYP trees traveled a long, long, long way…like, to the moon and back. It makes for a…
It’s the Future: Wood Computer Chips
By Michael Connolly, WIR Contibutor Fact: According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), more than 2.4 million tons of e-waste were trashed in 2012. Wooden computer chips now exist! Really. Wood! Researchers at the University of…